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In addition to sugar bowls and chocolate pots made from ceramic, versions were also fashioned from silver, along with a whole new array of implements that were devised to sprinkle, shake, and deliver sugar onto and into foods and beverages. Pierced casters held sugar, as well as dried mustard and other spices, while sugar sifters and tongs were designed in a variety of styles.

 

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A silver chocolate pot with a spout, hinged lid, and fruitwood handle that is 90 degrees from the spout.

Joseph Smith, English, 1707–1739

Chocolate Pot, 1736–1737

Silver and fruitwood

Gift of Mrs. John Nightingale in memory of John Trowbridge Nightingale 75.117.29 

Silver sugar tongs with small ends and a thicker handle portion.

Nehemiah Dodge, American, 1774–1856

Sugar Tongs, ca. 1824

Silver

Walter H. Kimball Fund 78.047

A silver muffineer with a foot, rounded body that goes to a cylindrical top half, and the lid is perforated with small holes and floral cutouts.

Samuel Wood, English, 1704–1794

Set of Casters, 1748–1749

Silver

Gift of Mrs. John Nightingale in memory of John Trowbridge Nightingale 75.117.35

A silver muffineer with a foot, rounded body that goes to a cylindrical top half, and the lid is perforated with small holes and floral cutouts.

Samuel Wood, English, 1704–1794

Set of Casters, 1748–1749

Silver

Gift of Mrs. John Nightingale in memory of John Trowbridge Nightingale 75.117.36

A silver muffineer with a foot, rounded body that goes to a cylindrical top half, and the lid is perforated with small holes and floral cutouts.

Samuel Wood, English, 1704–1794

Set of Casters, 1748–1749

Silver

Gift of Mrs. John Nightingale in memory of John Trowbridge Nightingale 75.117.37

A silver caster that has an octagonal body, handle, and lid that has floral perforations.

John Tanner, American, 1713–1785

Caster, 1700s

Silver

Museum Works of Art Fund 43.347

A silver sugar sifter with small cutouts in the bowl, the end of the handle is ivory.

English

Sugar Sifter, mid-1800s

Silver and ivory

Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth T. Casey 1989.045.12.31

A silver chocolate pot with a decorative swirled body, lid, and fruit wood handle.

F. Ducot, French, active beginning 1830s

Chocolate Pot, 1830–1840

Silver and fruitwood

Gift of Miss Elizabeth T. Casey 1988.102.7